Sewing cabinet



Feb. 1929.

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- E. M. CUSHMAN SEWING CABINET Filed Aug. ,3. 1927 i 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

Uarri-:o:STATESl ELLA M. oUsirMAN, or' ITHACA',"NEW`Y0RK.

SEWING CABINET.

Application filed August 3, 1927. Serial No. 210,821.

This invention relates to sewing cabinets either of the portable orbuilt-in type.

The general purpose of the invention is to provide an improved sewingcabinet with provision for all instrumentalities required for sewing,and so constructed as to be simple and compact and comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture.

Particularly the invention has for its obvl0 ject the provision of acabinet having two ver tical compartments closed by double doors on thefront of the cabine-t, one ofthe compartments being designed to receivetall objects such as dress forms7 length gauges, a folding table top7and for hanging partly finished dresses, etc., and the other compartmentbeing provided with shelves for various devices and articles, the frontedges of thev shelves being spaced from the front of the compartment toprovide a space for a foldable ironing board, preferably hinged to thefront edge of one shelf, and also space for a sectional foldable tablecarried in a rack on the inside of the door of the shelved compartment.The doors preferably are provided on the inside with various pockets andsupport-s for tools and supplies and on the outside with mirrors.

The foregoilig and other objects are obtained in the accompanyingdrawings and described below. It is to be understood that the inventionis not limited to the particular form thereof shown and described.

Cf the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective front view illustrating the cabinet open andthe ironing board in operative position;

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a plan of the knock-down and foldable sewing table; and

Figure 4 is a side elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral designates the cabinet which maybe built in a wall or be aportable piece of furniture. The cabinet 10 isdivided into two vertical compartments 11 and 12. Compartment 11 isclosed preferably by a mirror door 11a and compartment 12 by a similardoor 12a.

Compartment 11 is provided with a plurality of suitable shelves 13, 13which may be removable if desired and with a shelf 14, preferably xed,and on the front edge of which is hinged an ironing board 15. Shelf 14provides a suitable support for an iron. By reference to Figure 2, itwill be noted that the front 'edges of the shelves are spaced from thefront of the casingl to provide space for folding the ironing board 15upwardly, a spring` clip 151l being arranged to releasably 60 engage theend of the ironing board to hold it up as shown in Figure 2. The ironingboard 15 is provided with a leg 16 hinged thereto and braced in anysuitable manner, here shown as by a brace 17 hinged onto the leg 16 andarranged to engage a stop 18 on the under surface of the board tosupport the board in operative position as shown in Figure 1. Drawers19, 19 may be provided in the bottom of compartment 11, the shelf 19a ontop 70 thereof being a suitable support for a sewing machine.

The inside of door 11a is provided with receptacles at 20 and 21 andwith racks 22 and 23 to receive a sectional or linoclcdown fold- 7s abletable supportino` structure 24 which may be releasably latched thereinby a thumblatch 25.

The table is best illustrated in Figures 3 and l, it comprising asupporting structure 26 on which are hinged legs 27 which may beadjustable if desired, andr having braces 28 swiveled on the undersurface thereof for engagement in notches 29 in the legs to hold them inoperative position. The table top is shown at 30, it being foldable at31 and l having cleats 32, 32 on its under surface engageable in grooves33, 33 in the supporting structure 26. The table top 30 is of such diumensions when folded as to lit in the front of 9o compartment 12 asillustrated in Figure 1.

Compartment 12 is preferably provided with a single top shelf 34 and arod 36 for supporting clothes hangers. Door 12a has a number of pocketsor receptacles at 37., 38, 39 un and 40 for various articles and alsoracks for tools or supplies at 41, 42 and43. Instead of employingmirrors upon the outsides of doors 11iL or 12, a mirror may be arrangedupon the inside of door 12a instead of the receptacles loo and racksshown, as indicated by dotted lines at 12b in Figure 1.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a highly advantageous sewingcabinet con to receive a dressmzrkes form, racks mounted on the insideof one of said doors, ineens on the inside of the other of seid doors toremovably hold a, folding table, and a folding ironing board hingedlymounted to the edge of one of the shelves.

ELLA M. CUSHMAN.

